Golden Sahara II

 

Golden Sahara II


The Golden Sahara II or Concept Goodyear Golden Sahara II (Golden Sahara, in English) is a concept car futuristic customized car preparer-designer American George Barris, based on Lincoln Capri 1953, presented at the Petersen Motorama show in Los Angeles 1954, and upgraded to Version II in 1956.

History of the Car

The American preparer-designer George Barris designs

this Golden Sahara prototype based on the engine-chassis

accident of his personal 1953 Lincoln Capri, with 200 hp V8 engine

Design is inspired by the jet era and Batmobiles

futuristic 1950s, with glazed Lincoln cockpit

Capri 1953, luxurious interior, interior trim

and gold-plated exteriors, translucent luminous tires

Goodyear, and electronic equipment

avant-garde and partly dummy for the time: piloting controls inspired by aeronautics, automatic emergency braking based on obstacle sensors, electric door opening, voice command, radio, stereo system, tape recorder, television, telephone, cocktail bar

...

It is presented with significant media success in many television programs of the time.

, then improved in Golden Sahara II version in 1956 (inspired among other things by the futuristic wave of the time of the

Ford FX-Atmos 1954, Ford Mystery 1955, Lincoln Futura 1955, Oldsmobile Golden Rocket 1956, and Lincoln premiere 1956...).


Classic Car

 

It was purchased at auction from its owner in 2018, fully restored by the automobile museum

Clairmont Collections of Chicago and by Goodyear, then successfully presented to the Geneva international motor show 2019.


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